Wilson ager



W AGER.

Rice Cleaner.

Patentedne 6:, 1859; f

N UNITED sTATEs PATENT No`Finca. WILSON AGER, or RoHRsBURG, PENNsYLvANIA. AssIGNoR To irnos. J. wooLii` AND ,y i P. J. JORDAN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING RICE.

To all 'whom it may concern: l

Be it known that I, WILSON AGER, of Rohrsburg, in the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines' for Cleaning Rice; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, `forming part `of this specification, in the several figures of which similar characters of reference denote the same part.

Figure 1, is a top view of my improved rice cleaner. Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the same on line Fig. 3, is a view of the bottom of the hub with the wings land cleaner attached. Fig. 4is a view showing the attachment of the leaves tothe wings.

The object of this invention is the removal of the inner pellicle from the grain, after separation from the husk, by means of pressure upon the body of the grain by oblique, rotating wings, the nature of the invention `consisting in constructing the hub, to which the wings are attached, with a clearer beneath the same, so as to force the grain outward and prevent it from packing between the wings and the bottom of the mortar, a

`defect which exists in all othermachines of this character.

The invention also consists in the attachment to the packing wings of adjustable leaves for the purpose of elevating the grain along the side of the mortar.

In the drawing M, is the mortar egg shaped, and curving upward towardits axis, having its bottom B, attached by hinge h, and secured in position by spring lever catch C, so as by a simple movement of the lever to allow the bottom to drop and discharge Upon the upper edges of the `wings are ,the`

leaves l, adgustable by screws, `whose tend- .f

ency is to orce the grain in the direction opposite to that in which itisfforcedby the operating surface ofthe wings, or inptheryl words to lift thegrain upward along tha, side of the mortar.` Attachedto this shaft above the wings is the curved `arm A, ex-

tending nearly `to the side `of the fmortar, the l object of which is to `draw f the grain from the sides of themortarto thecenterl thereof.

The operation of :the machine is as fol-fw` lows:.The action fof the wings W, forces the .f6.5 grain against thebottom ofthe mortarand 3 b produces the friction necessary for effecting` the cleaning, the clearer K, under thehubl meantime forcing the grain outward before it has time to cake beneath the wings. The `leaves Z, adjusted totheamount of grain in f p the mortar, forces the grain upward along f the side of the mortar,whilethecurved arm 0 A, draws the upper `portion `ofthegrainto-` ward the center and diminishes ,the` weight of the grain to beraised, alongtheside of` the mortar, so 1that thereis a "continued downward current of grain through the cen- I 1 ter to the wings and annpwardcurrent i along the sides I, of themortar.` `The clearer K, preventing the grain from" remaining y under the wings an` unduelength of time@l and being the tinues a suiicient lengthof time toremove the ordinary `brush for polishing.

Having thus `described the construction l. Giving the grain a positive outwaid operating substantially as set` forth.

2. The adjustable leaves Z, upon the wings for aiding the upwardfmovement of the grain. v

rime mover` of theupward l, current. In this manner the operation con-` the Palude, When the `grain is submitted [tn y In testimony `whereof I have hereunto1 signed my name before two subscribing wit-1 j l'leSSeS.

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